RECLI'NE, verb transitive [Latin reclino; re and clino, to lean.] To lean back; to lean to one side or sideways; as, to recline the head on a pillow, or on the bosom of another, or on the arm. The mother reclin'd her dying head upon his breast. RECLI'NE, verb intransitive To lean; to rest or repose; as, to recline on a couch. RECLI'NE, adjective [Latin reclinis.] Leaning; being in a leaning posture. They sat recline on the soft downy bank damask'd with flowers. [Little used.]
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